Improvement in gates



Gate.

Patented June 5, 1866.

No' 55,322l

UNITED l STATES PATENT OEEICEO HENRY MAXELL, OF CANTON, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT lN GATES.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY MAXELL, of Canton, county of Stark, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Gates; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the ac companying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon.

In the drawings hereto annexed and forming a part of this specification, A represents the gate, which is composed of a series of longitudinal rails connected by uprights at each end and braced. This gate is placed at right angles with the fence, or a section of a fence, as shown, and connected therewith by the devices hereinafter to bc set forth. Directly heneath the gate A is a sleeper, P, which is also secured to the fence.

g is a small block or piece ot' timber, which extends obliqnely from said fen ce to the sleeper P. The gate A rests upon this block g, and

by means of a pivot and disk readily turns thereon, said gate being also pivoted to an L-shaped metallic bar E, which extends from the fence-post L to the inner gate-post, H, upon the top of each, said gate-post being provided with apivot, a, which passes through an opening in said L-shaped bar E.

The fence or section of a fence to which this gale is secured is composed of a series of rails and uprights similar to the gate. Two of said rails, B and B'-one, B, at the top and the other, B', near the bottom of said fence-are constructed so as to slide back and forth in the slots of the. uprights G, L, and G', the rest of said rails being stationary. Between the uprights G and I of said fence, and secured to the rails ofthe same, is a slotted bar,O. This bar is pivotedy t0 one of the stationary rails, and is attached to sliding rails B and B by the pivots e e on said rails, and is provided with a slot, X, at each end, so that it may be thrown in an oblique direction opposite to the one here shown.

yK represents an arm, which is attached to the gate A and passes through a slot, d, in the bar B' and center post L of the fence. This arm works within this slot and sets slightly toward the slotted bar O.

On the ,sliding bar B of the fence and each side ot the gate is an arm, D, which slides the bar B either back or forth within the slots in the uprights, thereby throwing the slotted bar C in an oblique direction, opposite to the one here shown, carrying with it the lower sliding bar, B, toward the upright G', causing thc arm K to throw the gate open, said gate turning upon the upper and lower pivots as an axis.

lt will be seen that when the gate is closed it cannot be opened only by sliding` the bars B and B', and that as bar moves toward the upright G the bar B moves toward the upright G'.

This gate can hc latched, if desired, by means of any ordinary catch, to the post F, and can be opened by a person when mounted as well as if on foot.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The gate A, with the arm K,pivoted to the block g and upright L by means of the L- shaped bar E, when arranged and used sub` stantially as and for the purposes herein set forth. l

2. The bars B and B', with the slotted bar C, when used to slide in the slots of the uprights of fence, for the purposes of opening` and closing the gate A, substantially as specified.

As evidence that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY MAXELL. [L s.]

Witnesses:

JOHN K. GEUBE,

J. OEEVoIsIE, Jr. 

